Animal Collective, Wire, the Beach Boys, Boards of Canada, Ammon Contact, Sudden Sway, Associates, Plone, Aphex Twin, the Shins, Squarepusher, Camera Obscura, Kraftwerk, Ennio Morricone, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Isolee, minimal house music, old detroit techno (Plus 8 records especially)
Sounds Like
Plone, Aphex Twin, Ammon Contact, Ennio Morricone (a bit!!), Boards of Canada, Air, Bent, Isan, Christian Kleine, Daedelus, Pulse Programming, Warp, Film soundtracks
Lightspeed Future Lullaby is me, David Griffiths. Now based in Bristol, the "band" started in London and has so far released an album "The Spirit of Pop" on Secret Agent records, two singles "Me and Jerry D" and "Isco Non-stop" on Octave Kitten and Mira records respectively and various tracks on various compilations. Previous bands include Endless Bob Brown (West Midlands), Super 8 (Birmingham), Piano Magic (London) and the Visitors (Exeter) the latter two of which have released a fair bit too. Inluences are many and varied but Animal Collective, Wire, the Beach Boys, Boards of Canada, Ammon Contact, Sudden Sway, Associates, Plone, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Kraftwerk, Ennio Morricone, Richie Hawtin, Jaga Jazist, minimal house music and old detroit techno particularly get the juices going. I also get inspiration from old library music, sound effects lps, suzuki omnichords, analogue synths.
Just to let you know about an extra-special New Root gig on Saturday 31st May @ The Croft, Bristol.
We're doing a headline set featuring Visual Projections from VJ James Bragg and everyone gets a FREE copy of our new 'Sick of Me' EP on the door. Venue Magazine described it as '...an extraordinary sound...a sort of power pop/goth/rock opera hybrid...the most exhilarating thing we've heard all week'.
There also support from Sally-Anne Langton - 'one of Bristol's most promising singer/songwriters' - plus Special Guests. All for £5. You can buy tickets in advance from www. thenewroot. com
Thanks and hopefully see you there on Sat 31st May!
Hi there hope you're well. Have been in California for a couple of weeks and had a fab time. No mellotron on Forest Fire but there is my old 80's Casio on it and bits of feedback?
Nanoloop is fantastique! So glad to hear some new? stuff up on your space.
I love, what sounds like smaples and cut ups spliced etc, you and Bryn were alwyas champions at doing that, which gets me to thinking, where are Childhoods End on Myspace!?
Hi Dave
Eerie is my Sunday morning soundtrack, all of a sudden in am on a shoot for a 1975 film, in the country, there goes a Triumph Stag!
Cheers Spence
